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CATIE Fellows Directory

Alicia Okpareke

she/her/hers

Senior Research Associate

Regional Education Laboratory West

Allison Wainer

she/her/hers

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Asst. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Research Director

Rush University

Autism Assessment, Research, Treatment & Services Center

Andrea Ford

she/her/hers

Assistant Professor

University of Cincinnati

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Andy Schlink

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior

Brianne Tomaszewski

she/her/hers

Assistant Professor

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Department of Psychiatry, TEACCH Autism Program

Brittany Merrill

she/her/hers

Research Assistant Professor

Florida International University

Center for Children and Families

Carol Lee

she/her/hers

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Michigan

Addiction Center, Department of Psychiatry

Christel Rocha-Beverly

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Michigan State University

Colleen Klein Reutebuch

Senior Project Manager

The University of Texas at Austin

Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk

D Betsy McCoach

Professor of Research Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation

Faculty, M.S. in Data Science

University of Connecticut

Educational Psychology

Elizabeth Connors

she/her/hers

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Yale School of Medicine

Child Study Center

Genesis D Arizmendi

Provost Early Career Fellow

The University of Texas at Austin

Special Education, Texas Center for Equity Promotion

James Lee

Acting Assistant Professor

University of Washington

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Seattle Children's Autism Center

Jennifer Piscitello

she/her/hers

Research Assistant Professor

Florida International University

Center for Children and Families

Jessica R Toste

she/her/hers

Associate Professor

The University of Texas at Austin

Department of Special Education

Jie Zhang

Associate Professor

University of Houston

Bilingual/ESL Education

Jocelyn Washburn

she/her/hers

Assistant Research Professor

Director of Professional Development

University of Kansas

Center for Research on Learning

John Fife

Associate Research Professor of STEM Education

Virginia Commonwealth University

Foundations Department, School of Education

Jonathan Panganiban

JASPER Academic Coordinator

Kristin Kan

she/her/hers

Primary Care Pediatrician

Assistant Professor

Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Laura Clary

she/her/hers

Assistant Scientist

Bloomberg School of Public Health

Department of Mental Health

Maria Hugh

she/her/hers

Assistant Professor

University of Kansas

School of Education and Human Sciences, Special Education

Matthew E Foster

Assistant Professor

University of South Florida

Department of Child and Family Studies

Michael Broda

he/him/his

Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods and Statistics

Virginia Commonwealth University

School of Education

Rebecca Hasson

Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Public Health

University of Michigan

Siena Tugendrajch

she/her/hers

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Michigan

Department of Psychiatry

Suzanne Myers

she/her/hers

Assistant Research Professor

University of Kansas

Center for Research on Learning

Trina Spencer

she/her/hers

Associate Professor

University of South Florida

Rightpath Research & Innovation Center

Tyler Hein

she/her/hers

Evaluation Scientist

Yael Stern

she/her/hers

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Rush University Medical Center

Bethany Forseth

she/her

Assistant Professor

University of Kansas Medical Center

Department of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Science & Athletic Training

Brian French

Berry Family Distinguished Professor

Washington State University

College of Education

Daina Tagavi

she/her

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

University of Washington

Elizabeth Morgan

she/her

Assistant Professor

California State University Sacramento

Doctorate of Educational Leadership Program

Emma Shanahan

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Texas at Austin

Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk

Eric Crosby

he/him

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Pennsylvania

Center for Mental Health

Fernando Andrade Adaniya

Director of Research

James Merle

Postdoctoral Fellow

National Library of Medicine, University of Utah

Population Health Sciences and Biomedical Informatics

Jason Jabbari

Assistant Professor

Washington University in St. Louis

Brown School of Social Work

Jena McDaniel

Assistant Professor

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences

Jessica Koslouski

she/her

Assistant Research Professor

University of Connecticut

Educational Psychology

Jessica Torelli

she/her

Assistant Professor

University of Georgia

Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education

Kimberly Jenkins

Assistant Professor

UNC-Chapel Hill

Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences

Kristabel Stark

she/her

Assistant Professor

University of Vermont

College of Education and Social Services

Laura Rhinehart

Assistant Researcher

Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice

Marcela Ramos

Research Assistant Professor

Florida International University

Center for Children and Families

Matt Hirshberg

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Center for Healthy Minds

Megan Boyle

she/her

Associate VP of Applied Research

Upstate Caring Partners

Megan Kunze

she/her

Assistant Research Professor

University of Oregon

Center on Brain Injury Research and Training

Meriah DeJoseph

Postdoctoral Fellow

Stanford University

Center on Early Childhood

Nancy Dyson

Nedim Yel

he/him

Boston VA Research Institute

Patrick Beymer

he/him

Assistant Professor of Psychology

University of Cincinnati

Rona Carter

she/her

Associate Professor of Psychology

Adjunct Professor of Social Work

University of Michigan

Sarah Flotte

Assistant Professor

Texas A&M University - San Antonio

Special Education

Sohyun Kim

she/her

Postdoctoral Researcher

Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice

Theresa Garfield

she/her

Texas A&M University-San Antonio

Special Education

Victoria VanUitert

she/her

Assistant Professor

Bowling Green State University

Special Education

Wendy Reinke

she/her

University of Missouri

School Psychology Program

Ya-Chih "Jilly" Chang

California State University

Department of Special Education and Counseling

Alexis Boucher Carringer

She/Her

Assistant Professor

University of Tennessee

Amanda Van Horne

She/Her

University of Delaware

Amber O'Shea

Assistant Professor

Penn State University

Brennan Chandler

Assistant Professor of Dyslexia

Georgia State University

Brianna Devlin

She/Her

Assistant Professor

University at Buffalo, SUNY

Daina Tagavi

She/Her

Acting Assistant Professor

University of Washington

Daniel Espinas

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Texas at Austin

Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk

Jacob Szeszulski

Assistant Professor

AgriLife Research

Jessica Folsom

Senior Research Associate

RMC Research Corporation

Jessica Simacek

She/Her

Director, TeleOutreach Center, Research Associate

University of Minnesota

Institute on Community Integration and the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain

Jonte' Taylor

He/Him

Associate Professor of Special Education (SPLED)

Penn State University

Laura Rhinehart

She/Her

Assistant Researcher

Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice

Madhavi Jayanthi

Research Director

Instructional Research Group

Maranda Jones

She/Her

Research Assistant Professor

Northwestern University

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Mariya Davis

She/Her

Associate Professor

Texas A&M University - San Antonio

College of Education and Human Development

Megan Israelsen

Assistant Professor

West Virginia University

Communication Sciences and Disorders Division

Michelle Cumming

Associate Professor of Special Education

Florida International University

Center for Children and Families

Nadia Bounoua

She/Her

Assistant Research Professor

University of Maryland

Department of Psychology

Nicole Lorenzo

Assistant Professor

American University

Department of Psychology

Penelope Xing

Clinical Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Advanced Data Analytics

Sarah Krowka

Senior Research Scientist

Instructional Research Group

Soyoung Park

Assistant Professor

University of Central Florida

School of Teacher Education, College of Community Innovation and Education

Stacy McGuire

She/Her

Assistant Professor of Special Education

Bowling Green State University

Taylor Lesner

She/Her

Research Associate

University of Oregon

Center on Teaching and Learning

Tiffany Edgar

She/Her

Postdoctoral Fellow

Yan Leigh

Director of Research and Evaluation

Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children

Comprehensive Program for Adaptive Interventions Training in Education